US ‘would not succeed’ if it tries to divide EU on trade, Germany warns

Washington won’t succeed if it tries to drive a wedge in the European Union with import tariffs, the new German economy minister, Peter Altmaier, has said during a visit to the US. Should Europe and the US plunge into a trade war, producers and consumers on both sides would pay the price, the minister warned. […]

FCC Won’t Redefine ‘Broadband;’ Move Could Have Worsened Digital Divide

The FCC backed away from an earlier proposal that would have lowered the threshold for connections to be considered “broadband,” and said it had rejected the idea of labeling mobile internet a replacement for home broadband. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a612f779ac41761b3416beb/master/pass/Ajit-FinalArt-892306956.jpg

Star Wars 8 Last Jedi: Did Rian Johnson want to ‘divide’ fans? Director speaks out

The Last Jedi scored highly with critics but audiences have been split more-or-less down the middle, thanks to a change in tone and surprising answers to some previous mysteries. Even Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, has made it known that he had issues with his character’s trajectory. Johnson was asked by a fan on […]

The Brother-Sister Divide

MERCED, California—Nita Vue’s parents, refugees from Laos, wanted all nine of their children go to college. But Nita, now 20, is the only one of her brothers and sisters who is going to get a degree. A few of her sisters began college, and one nearly completed nursing school, she told me. Her brothers were […]

Mark Zuckerberg seeks forgiveness for ‘the ways my work was used to divide people’

(Reuters) — Facebook Inc founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg asked for forgiveness for ways his work was used to divide people in a Facebook posting marking the end of Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday of atonement on Saturday. “For the ways my work was used to divide people rather than bring us together, I […]